SpaceX Launches 10,000th Starlink Satellite (space.com)
(Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:00AM (BeauHD)
from the no-slowing-down dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/000208/spacex-launches-10000th-starlink-satellite
- Source link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-10000th-starlink-satellite-launch
SpaceX [1]surpassed the 10,000-satellite milestone for its Starlink constellation after two Falcon 9 launches on Oct. 19 added 56 more satellites to orbit. The company now operates about two-thirds of all active satellites worldwide and continues to break reuse records. Space.com reports:
> A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 3:24 p.m. EDT (1924 GMT; 12:24 p.m. local California time). Those 28 included the 10,000th Starlink spacecraft ever to reach orbit, which a SpaceX employee noted on the company's launch webcast: "From Tintin to 10,000! Go Starlink, go Falcon, go SpaceX!"
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> It was also the 132nd Falcon 9 liftoff of the year, equaling the mark set by the rocket last year -- and there are still nearly 2.5 months to go in 2025. [...] This launch was the second of the day for SpaceX; less than two hours earlier, another Falcon 9 sent 28 more Starlink satellites up from Florida's Space Coast. That earlier liftoff was the 31st for that Falcon 9's first stage, setting a new reuse record.
[1] https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-10000th-starlink-satellite-launch
> A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 3:24 p.m. EDT (1924 GMT; 12:24 p.m. local California time). Those 28 included the 10,000th Starlink spacecraft ever to reach orbit, which a SpaceX employee noted on the company's launch webcast: "From Tintin to 10,000! Go Starlink, go Falcon, go SpaceX!"
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> It was also the 132nd Falcon 9 liftoff of the year, equaling the mark set by the rocket last year -- and there are still nearly 2.5 months to go in 2025. [...] This launch was the second of the day for SpaceX; less than two hours earlier, another Falcon 9 sent 28 more Starlink satellites up from Florida's Space Coast. That earlier liftoff was the 31st for that Falcon 9's first stage, setting a new reuse record.
[1] https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-10000th-starlink-satellite-launch
I don't disagree but... (Score:3)
by buck-yar ( 164658 )
They got permission in 2018 for this and now you're complaining? Interesting timing, considering how liberals are turning on him since the election because of his desire to make govt efficient. Did you complain when some random company got permission to put up 48,000 satellites, at the same time that Musk got permission to launch 30,000? [1]https://tech.slashdot.org/stor... [slashdot.org]
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/05/28/0030232/bankrupt-oneweb-seeks-license-for-48000-satellites-even-more-than-spacex
Bring on 66666 (Score:1)
And this just days after the unique numbers assigned to objects in orbit passed 66000.
I think this Starlink launch will put us past 66100, actually.